Friday, July 27, 2012

Despite
triple-digit temperatures, employees of Rolla Asphalt are once again ahead of
schedule with the milling and paving of Forum Drive and Pinetree Road from 10th
Street to Hwy. 72.

Final
paving of this heavily traveled section of town continues Monday and Tuesday –
weather permitting. The project is being overseen by the City of Rolla’s Public
Works Department.

The
City asks for the public’s continued patience and cooperation as this important
paving project nears completion. Please drive slowly and with care through this
area.For more information, please
call 364-8659.

FREE booster seat

clinic set for July 31

The
public is invited to attend a FREE Booster Seat Clinic on Tuesday, July 31 from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the City of Rolla Fire and Rescue Headquarters (located at
1490 East 10th Street in Rolla).During
this clinic certified child safety seat technicians will inspect your child car
seat, and show you how to correctly install and use it. Missouri law requires
children under eight to be in a child safety or booster seat until they weigh
80 pounds or are 4 feet, 9-inches tall.

According
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, three out of four child
safety seats are improperly installed. Car crashes continue to be the number
one killer of children. In 2011, eight children less than eight-years-old were
killed and 1,624 children were injured as occupants in motor vehicle crashes in
Missouri.

A
limited number of seats are available at no charge to those that meet income
guidelines. For more information on this program, please call Lynette Manley,
City of Rolla Fire & Rescue.

City
widens 10th Street

from
Hwy. 63 to

Spring
Avenue

The
City of Rolla Street Department continues a project to widen 10th
Street from Hwy. 63 to Spring Avenue. The first phase of the project includes
the excavation of the curb and sidewalk.

After the new curb and sidewalk are poured, a
two-inch mill and overlay of asphalt will be applied to this portion of 10th
Street. This project will also result in the construction of an additional
right turn lane onto Hwy. 63 that will greatly improve traffic flow and safety
at this busy intersection.

Caution
signs will be posted in the construction area, indicating that this is a work
zone, and for motorists to please drive carefully. During this time the City
appreciates the assistance and cooperation of the public.

For
more information, please call the Public Works Department at 364-8659 or visit www.rollacity.org.

Rolla
City Council

Mtg.,
Aug. 6

The
next Rolla City Council meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at Rolla City Hall, 901 N. Elm Street.

Rolla
City Council meetings are ordinarily held the first and third Monday of the
month at 6:30 p.m. except when there is a conflict with an observed holiday.

Due
to the continued extremely dry and drought-like conditions in Rolla and Phelps
County, the fire hazard for the area continues to be severe. City of Rolla Fire
& Rescue, and other Fire Departments in Phelps County are again joining
together to announce and enforce an open burning ban.

With
the extreme weather conditions, effective immediately, by the order of Robert
Williams, Fire Chief, open burning in Rolla and other cities and towns in
Phelps County will not be permitted until such time it is safe to lift the burn
ban.

“The
two thunder storms we had about a week ago helped offset the fire hazard to a
certain degree, but unfortunately they did not make a long-lasting impact on
the draught-like conditions we are facing in Rolla and Phelps County,” said
Chief Williams. “There is unfortunately very little rain projected in the
immediate forecast, and it doesn’t look like we will see much relief for quite
awhile.”

For more information, please feel free
to contact Robert Williams, Fire Chief or Ron Smith, Training Officer at
(573)364-3989.

International
Idol

Talent
Competition

auditions,
Sept. 6

Do
you sing, dance, rap, act, or play a musical instrument? Talented community
members (all ages and acts are welcome) are invited to audition for the
International Idol competition on Thursday, Sept. 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
the Havener Center, Meramec Room, on the Missouri S&T campus.

The
final competition will be held during the 3rd Annual Celebration of
Nations event on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Downtown Bandshell (located at the
corner of 9th and Oak Street.) Group and individual prizes will be
awarded.

Celebration
of Nations was created to promote awareness, understanding and the celebration
of the vibrant cultural diversity that makes Rolla unique to the Ozarks. ”One Campus. One Community. One
World.”

Rolla
Downtown

Farmer’s
Market

open
every Tuesday

The
Rolla Downtown Farmer’s Market is open and operating under the new shade
structure in the lower parking lot of Rolla City Hall from 7 a.m. until 12-noon
each Tuesday throughout the growing season.

The
Farmer’s Market is coordinated by Roy Fiscus and Wilma Bingham, and spots are
available for vendors to sell their items, but they must be locally grown or
made products/produce (Phelps County).

No
flea market, yard sale type items will be permitted. All spots are first come,
first served. The cost to host a booth is $2 per day, which is given to the
organizers the day the vendors are there.

The
City of Rolla Fire and Rescue is conducting their annual business safety inspections,
and one of the items they check for is a visible and conspicuous address number
to identify the location of each business.

By
properly displaying address numerals that contrast with the color of the
dwelling, fire, safety and medical responders can more quickly identify a
property when responding to an emergency call, or during other safety or
medical related matters.

In
addition, property owners who have recently remodeled or re-sided their homes,
or whose address numbers are not visible, need to ensure their street or
property address is easily identifiable somewhere on the structure and visible
from the street.

A violation of the requirements of this
Ordinance shall constitute an offense which could be punishable by a fine not
to exceed $50.

This
requirement is in keeping with the City’s Ordinance relating to Chapter 6 (Sec.
6-1, Article 1 – In General) “Street
numbers required of property owners on dwelling or structure.”

If you have any questions relating to these
requirements, please contact Rolla City Administration at 426-6948.

Environmental Services Important Dates

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& save coupon)

Sept. 3, 2012 - Labor Day:
Monday’s trash will be picked up Tuesday; Tuesday’s trash will be picked
up Wednesday.

If
you happen to miss the airing of a Rolla City Council meeting, Planning &
Zoning meeting, Rolla Public School Board meeting or Board of Public Works
meeting, you can now watch them live on the Rolla Channel 16 Website at http://rollachannel16.com.

Rolla
Channel 16, Rolla’s premiere Education and Government channel, is also now live
streaming (24/7) at http://rollachannel16.com. RC16 is live streaming all Rolla
City Council meetings, Rolla Planning & Zoning Commission meetings, Rolla
Public Schools board meetings, Rolla High School Review and “City Minutes”
hosted by the City of Rolla’s Communications Office.

Other
syndicated content on RC16 such as Missouri Outdoors, Army Newswatch, and
Capitol Dialogue will also live stream on RC16 at http://rollachannel16.com.

Despite triple-digit temperatures, employees of Rolla Asphalt are once again ahead
of schedule with the milling and paving of Forum Drive and Pinetree Road from
10th Street to Hwy. 72.

Final paving of this heavily traveled
section of town continues Monday and Tuesday – weather permitting. The project
is being overseen by the City of Rolla’s Public Works Department.

The City asks for the public’s continued patience
and cooperation as this important paving project nears completion. Please drive
slowly and with care through this area.For
more information, please call 364-8659.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

The public is
invited to attend a FREE Booster Seat Clinic on Tuesday, July 31 from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m. at the City of Rolla Fire and Rescue Headquarters (located at 1490 East 10th
Street in Rolla).

During this clinic certified child safety seat technicians will inspect
your child car seat, and show you how to correctly install and use it. Missouri
law requires children under eight to be in a child safety or booster seat until
they weigh 80 pounds or are 4 feet, 9-inches tall.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, three
out of four child safety seats are improperly installed. Car crashes continue
to be the number one killer of children. In 2011, eight children less than
eight-years-old were killed and 1,624 children were injured as occupants in
motor vehicle crashes in Missouri.

A
limited number of seats are available at no charge to those that meet income
guidelines. For more information on this program, please call Lynette Manley,
City of Rolla Fire & Rescue.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The
community is invited to attend an Open House to discuss the proposed Country
Hills Development project on Wednesday, July 25 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the
Council Chambers at Rolla City Hall (901 N. Elm Street in downtown Rolla.).

The
County Hills development, located off Rolla Street between Victoria Lane and
Christy Drive, is a single-family housing project, being proposed by the
Springfield based developer, Housing Plus, LLC. The project consists of 34
single-family homes, with approximately 1,350-square-feet of living space. The
development has received broad support in Rolla and was given a strong
endorsement by the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC), last year
when the City first applied for funding through MHDC for this project.

The
Country Hills Development project is designed to fill a much-needed gap in
available affordable single-family homes in Rolla. The project will serve
families at or below 60% of Rolla’s median income as well as families needing
affordable workforce housing in the 60% to 80% median income bracket.

“Rolla
does not have a project of this type targeted to the single-family market made
economically viable through the use of housing tax credits provided by MHDC,”
said John Petersen, the City’s Director of Community Development. “The proposed
project is made even more attractive because it comes with a path to home
ownership for the residents and focuses on working families’ housing needs.”

For
more information, please contact John Petersen, Director of Community
Development, at 573-426-6970.

Paving of Forum

and Pinetree to begin

July 26

The
City of Rolla Public Works Department, in conjunction with Rolla Asphalt, will
begin a project to mill and pave Forum Drive and Pinetree Road from 10th
Street to Hwy. 72 on Thursday, July 26 at 7 a.m. The entire project should be completed by the
following week, weather permitting.

Caution
signs and safety cones will be posted in the construction area, indicating lane
closures, and for motorists to please drive carefully. During this time the
City appreciates the assistance and cooperation of the public.

For
more information, please contact the Public Works Department at 364-8659 or
visit www.rollacity.org.

City to widen 10th St.

from Hwy. 63 to

Spring Avenue

The
City of Rolla Street Department will begin a project to widen 10th
Street from Hwy. 63 to Spring Avenue on Monday, July 23 at 7 a.m.

The
first phase of the project will include the excavation of the curb and
sidewalk. After the new curb and
sidewalk are poured, a two-inch mill and overlay of asphalt will be applied to
this portion of 10th Street. This project will also result in the
construction of an additional right turn lane onto Hwy. 63 that will greatly
improve traffic flow and safety at this busy intersection.

Caution
signs will be posted in the construction area, indicating that this is a work
zone, and for motorists to please drive carefully. During this time the City
appreciates the assistance and cooperation of the public.

For
more information, please call the Public Works Department at 364-8659 or visit www.rollacity.org.

Rolla City Council

Mtg., Aug. 6

The
next Rolla City Council meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at Rolla City Hall, 901 N. Elm Street.

Rolla
City Council meetings are ordinarily held the first and third Monday of the
month at 6:30 p.m. except when there is a conflict with an observed holiday.To review a copy of the City
Council agendas or the full agenda packet, please visit http://rollacity.org/admin/agenda.shtml#agenda.
For more information, please contact Rolla City Administration at 426-6948.

Burn
ban

in
effect

Due
to the continued extremely dry and drought-like conditions in Rolla and Phelps
County, the fire hazard for the area continues to be severe. City of Rolla Fire
& Rescue, and other Fire Departments in Phelps County are again joining
together to announce and enforce an open burning ban.

With
the extreme weather conditions, effective immediately, by the order of Robert
Williams, Fire Chief, open burning in Rolla and other cities and towns in
Phelps County will not be permitted until such time it is safe to lift the burn
ban.

“The
two thunder storms we had about a week ago helped offset the fire hazard to a
certain degree, but unfortunately they did not make a long-lasting impact on
the draught-like conditions we are facing in Rolla and Phelps County,” said
Chief Williams. “There is unfortunately very little rain projected in the
immediate forecast, and it doesn’t look like we will see much relief for quite
awhile.”

For more information, please feel free
to contact Robert Williams, Fire Chief or Ron Smith, Training Officer at
(573)364-3989.

International Idol

Talent Competition

auditions, Sept. 6

Do
you sing, dance, rap, act, or play a musical instrument? Talented community
members (all ages and acts are welcome) are invited to audition for the
International Idol competition on Thursday, Sept. 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
the Havener Center, Meramec Room, on the Missouri S&T campus.

The
final competition will be held during the 3rd Annual Celebration of
Nations event on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Downtown Bandshell (located at the
corner of 9th and Oak Street.) Group and individual prizes will be
awarded.

Celebration
of Nations was created to promote awareness, understanding and the celebration
of the vibrant cultural diversity that makes Rolla unique to the Ozarks. ”One Campus. One Community. One
World.”

Rolla Downtown

Farmer’s Market

open every Tuesday

The
Rolla Downtown Farmer’s Market is open and operating under the new shade
structure in the lower parking lot of Rolla City Hall from 7 a.m. until 12-noon
each Tuesday throughout the growing season.

The
Farmer’s Market is coordinated by Roy Fiscus and Wilma Bingham, and spots are
available for vendors to sell their items, but they must be locally grown or
made products/produce (Phelps County).

No
flea market, yard sale type items will be permitted. All spots are first come,
first served. The cost to host a booth is $2 per day, which is given to the
organizers the day the vendors are there.

The
City of Rolla Fire and Rescue is conducting their annual business safety inspections,
and one of the items they check for is a visible and conspicuous address number
to identify the location of each business.

By
properly displaying address numerals that contrast with the color of the
dwelling, fire, safety and medical responders can more quickly identify a
property when responding to an emergency call, or during other safety or
medical related matters.

In
addition, property owners who have recently remodeled or re-sided their homes,
or whose address numbers are not visible, need to ensure their street or
property address is easily identifiable somewhere on the structure and visible
from the street.

A violation of the requirements of this
Ordinance shall constitute an offense which could be punishable by a fine not
to exceed $50.

This
requirement is in keeping with the City’s Ordinance relating to Chapter 6 (Sec.
6-1, Article 1 – In General) “Street
numbers required of property owners on dwelling or structure.”

If you have any questions relating to these
requirements, please contact Rolla City Administration at 426-6948.

Environmental Services Important Dates

(clip & save coupon)

Sept. 3, 2012 - Labor Day: Monday’s trash
will be picked up Tuesday; Tuesday’s trash will be picked up Wednesday.

If
you happen to miss the airing of a Rolla City Council meeting, Planning &
Zoning meeting, Rolla Public School Board meeting or Board of Public Works
meeting, you can now watch them live on the Rolla Channel 16 Website at http://rollachannel16.com.

Rolla
Channel 16, Rolla’s premiere Education and Government channel, is also now live
streaming (24/7) at http://rollachannel16.com.
RC16 is live streaming all Rolla City Council meetings, Rolla Planning &
Zoning Commission meetings, Rolla Public Schools board meetings, Rolla High
School Review and “City Minutes” hosted by the City of Rolla’s Communications
Office.

Other
syndicated content on RC16 such as Missouri Outdoors, Army Newswatch, and
Capitol Dialogue will also live stream on RC16 at http://rollachannel16.com.